The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1903
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
10:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.67° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.52° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.